Tall Building design plan, meetings next week + the ability to set maximum heights for the 1st time
TH Council is developing a Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) to guide & influence the design and planning of tall buildings across the Borough,
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4 of the 5 tall buildings zones are on the Isle of Dogs and South Poplar area!
This project will seek to:
Define what a tall building is within the borough;
Identify locations where tall buildings may be appropriate;
Identify the character, setting & sensitivities of tall
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buIlding zones;
Identify MAXIMUM heights that will be acceptable for tall buildings;
Consider tall building typologies in relation to building use, form, public realm, amenity, microclimate and quality of life.
Information here
talk.towerhamlets.gov.uk/tallbuildings
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Meeting times and dates are:
Tuesday 5pm 16 March 2021: Isle of Dogs and South Poplar (South Poplar, Canary Wharf, Millwall, Cubitt Town)
Thursday 5pm 18 March 2021: East of the Borough (Mile End, Bow, Bromley by Bow, Poplar Riverside, Leamouth, Poplar, Blackwall)
+ others
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9 Mar
Keep the Mayoral system or not?
One of the two referendums on the 6th May, the other being the @IsleofDogsForum Referendum, is to keep the existing Executive Mayor model of government after May 2022 where you elect the leader or switch back to the old Leader and Cabinet model
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where Councillors pick the leader.
Other than that both models very similar, a strong single leader in charge, other potential models were excluded from consideration in a secret meeting of Councillors
I am not joining either campaign which are clearly getting organised
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not sure which way I will vote myself yet, as both models have their flaws/advantages.
But it will be the key election in TH whose outcome is uncertain (in 2010 the same question referendum was won handily by the let's try the new Mayoral system which we have had since then)
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Read 4 tweets
8 Mar
Westferry Printworks update
Planning appeal starts 18th May BUT the GLA, TH Council & the applicant now all agree that the scheme can only deliver 21% affordable housing + pay £43 million in CIL
Removes one of the main arguments against Printworks
development.towerhamlets.gov.uk/online-applica…
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In theory affordability review later should result in cash contribution from the developer for affordable homes elsewhere if scheme profits greater than f'cst but details of this unclear
But 21% feels low compared to other sites nearby also with schools on site
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GLA & TH Council still objecting to the scheme mainly on visual grounds
Northern & Shell pointing out economic positives of this scheme + TH only delivering 74% of its housing targets in the previous 3 yrs, not sure legally whether this applies & I suspect TH caught up in 2020
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4 Mar
Conservative budget amendment tonight from @going4golds & I
Based on proposed amendment from 12 Labour Cllrs + 8,000 laptops for pupils + speeding up infrastructure build
But it explains why affordable in short-term based on extra money from gov
See p3
democracy.towerhamlets.gov.uk/documents/b375…
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We propose to reverse some of the proposed cuts + reduce Council tax increase from 4.99% to 4.5% based on the 12 Cllrs letter
Ordinarily we would have tried to reduce the Council tax increase further nearer to 2 to 3% in line with salary increases but that would have meant
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cuts elsewhere which might not have been acceptable to other Cllrs
We can afford this in the short term because of extra money from government
£7.5 million unallocated from 2020/21
£13 m new COVID grant to arrive April
£4 m new Council tax support
Plus other grants
Plus £7.6 m
3/
Read 8 tweets
3 Mar
New London Plan approved yesterday
Tower Hamlets now has to deliver 34,730 new homes in 10 years, not including London Legacy Dev. Corp. area which has separate 21,540 home targets for north-eastern part of Tower Hamlets + part of Newham & Hackney ⬇️map
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london.gov.uk/what-we-do/pla…
But 34,730 target is highest in London just ahead of Newham with 32,800 & Greenwich 28,240 homes
London is moving east
A reminder also that the northern part of the Isle of Dogs is also treated the same as central London from a planning perspective, is seen as an offshoot of
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central London or the Central Activity Zone
Isle of Dogs has indictive target of 29,000 new homes + 110,000 jobs ! - highest combined targets in London
Other opportunity areas with higher homes targets are larger but also border us or to our east
The Mayor of London, like his
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27 Feb
Something seriously going wrong with comms around consultations at @TowerHamletsNow
Just logged onto consultations website to find 3 important consultations already started
talk.towerhamlets.gov.uk/projects
a. Wood Wharf primary school
b. Robert Milligan statue
c. Reuse & Recycling SPD
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The recycling SPD there was a public meeting on the 24th Feb, I was not aware of that until yesterday when a resident told me they had been told 1 day in advance
Council cancelled it due to lack of interest!
talk.towerhamlets.gov.uk/rrwp
I have asked it be rescheduled
So I logged
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onto read it to then find
talk.towerhamlets.gov.uk/woodwharf
Consultation on new Wood Wharf primary school
& Robert Milligan statue
talk.towerhamlets.gov.uk/robertmilligan
nobody discussed in advance with me (in my ward)
What is the point of consulting if you do not alert people to them properly?
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Read 4 tweets
25 Feb
Cubitt Town Library update - may re-open 2 or 3 days a week
The Council has re-considered their proposals in the light of consultation responses, especially I suspect on equalities grounds
The Council now have two new proposals for Cubitt Town library + other library changes
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Main option - open Cubitt Town library Monday & Wednesday 10am to 6pm only for a total of 16 hours a week - was previously open 6 days a week
2nd option - same as above but also open Saturday 9am to 5pm for a total of 24 hours a week
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Idea Store Chrisp Street & Canary Wharf would still reduce Sunday opening to 4 hours on Sunday & have fewer evening staff to compensate for these changes.
The main option still delivers £1.6 million savings - will reduce staff elsewhere in the evening - still means lots of
3/
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